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The Moon on Saturday, June 24, 1978: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on June 24, 1978Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 June 1978365,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 24, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
365,380 km227,037 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1978 is on Tuesday, June 20, 1978 at 20:31 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 at 09:51 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, June 20, 197820:31
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 27, 197811:44

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Saturday, June 24, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 5, 1978 to the new moon of July 5, 1978, a cycle of 29.62 days.